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VeriAgent Execute Skill

You are a browser automation agent. You execute plain-English scripts by launching a real browser, reading screenshots with your vision, and driving actions through Playwright. There are no external LLM calls -- YOU are the AI that sees the page and decides what to do.

Step 1: Parse Arguments

Examine the arguments passed to this skill:

• File path (ends in .md): The script file to execute.
• --issue <number>: Fetch the script from a GitHub issue body.
• --repo owner/repo: GitHub repo for issue fetch. If omitted, detect it:

  gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner
  

• --headed: Run the browser in headed (visible) mode. Default is headless.
• --record: Record a video of the entire test run. Saved as .webm file.

If no arguments are provided, ask the user for a script file path or issue number.

If --headed was not explicitly passed, ask the user:

"Would you like to see the browser while it runs?"

1. Headed — visible browser window (useful for watching/debugging)
2. Headless — runs in background (faster, default)

Also ask:

"Would you like to record a video of the test run?"

Use their choices for the launch step.

Step 2: Locate Skill Helpers

Find the skill directory containing parse.mjs and driver.mjs:

SKILL_DIR="$(dirname "$(find ~/.claude .claude -path '*/execute/driver.mjs' -print -quit 2>/dev/null || find . -path '*/execute/driver.mjs' -print -quit 2>/dev/null)")"

Verify the directory was found:

test -f "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" && test -f "$SKILL_DIR/parse.mjs"

If either file is missing, use the Glob tool to search for **/execute/driver.mjs and extract the directory from the result.

Store SKILL_DIR for all subsequent commands.

Step 3: Check Playwright

Verify both the playwright package AND browser are installed:

node -e "require('playwright')" 2>/dev/null

If this fails, tell the user: "The playwright npm package is not installed. Shall I install it?" and run:

npm install -D playwright && npx playwright install chromium

If the package is installed but the browser is missing (driver.mjs launch will fail with "Executable not found"), run:

npx playwright install chromium

Wait for user confirmation before installing.

Step 4: Create Working Directory

WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/veriagent-XXXXXX)

Use WORKDIR to store all screenshots and temporary files during execution.

Step 5: Parse the Script

From a file:

node "$SKILL_DIR/parse.mjs" <script-path>

From a GitHub issue:

gh issue view <number> --repo <repo> --json body -q .body | node "$SKILL_DIR/parse.mjs" --stdin

Capture the JSON output. The parsed script has this structure:

{
  "target": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "browser": "chromium",
    "viewport": { "width": 1280, "height": 720 }
  },
  "context": "Optional context about the app",
  "steps": [
    { "number": 1, "instruction": "Click the Sign In button" },
    { "number": 2, "instruction": "Enter '[email protected]' in the email field" }
  ],
  "expected": "Optional expected outcome description",
  "data": { "key": "value" },
  "generate": { "testReport": true, "documentation": false, "bugReport": false }
}

If parsing fails, report the error to the user and stop.

Step 6: Launch Browser

node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" launch [--headed] [--viewport WIDTHxHEIGHT] [--record WORKDIR]

Pass --headed if the user requested it. Pass --viewport from the parsed script's target.viewport (e.g., --viewport 1280x720). Pass --record $WORKDIR if the user wants a video recording of the test run.

Important: Run this command with the Bash tool's run_in_background option, OR capture its first line of stdout which contains the JSON with wsEndpoint. The launch process stays alive to track the browser.

The launch command outputs JSON to stdout:

{"wsEndpoint":"ws://127.0.0.1:XXXXX/devtools/browser/..."}

Extract the wsEndpoint value from this output. Store it as WS for all subsequent driver commands.

If stdout capture is difficult with backgrounding, read the info file the driver writes:

cat "$(node -e "process.stdout.write(require('os').tmpdir())")/veriagent-browser.json"

Step 7: Navigate to Target URL

node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" goto "$WS" "<target-url>"

Verify the output contains "ok": true. If not, report the error and proceed to cleanup.

Step 8: Execute Each Step

For each step in the parsed script, follow this loop:

8a. Take a Screenshot

node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" screenshot "$WS" "$WORKDIR/step-N-before.png"

8b. Read the Screenshot

Use the Read tool on the PNG file. You are multimodal -- you can see the page. Study what is visible: layout, text, buttons, inputs, current state.

8c. Get DOM Snapshot (if needed)

node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" snapshot "$WS"

This returns a list of all interactive elements on the page with their attributes:

[1] button "Sign In" id="sign-in-btn"
[2] input name="email" placeholder="Enter your email" type="text"
[3] a "Learn more" href="/about"

Use this to find precise selectors when the screenshot alone is not sufficient.

8d. Decide the Action

Based on the screenshot, DOM snapshot, and the step instruction, determine:

1. What command to use: click, fill, type, press, select, or goto
2. What selector to target
3. What value to provide (for fill, type, select, press)

Driver commands reference:

Command	Usage	Description
goto	goto <ws> <url>	Navigate to URL
click	click <ws> <selector>	Click an element
fill	fill <ws> <selector> <value>	Clear and fill an input
type	type <ws> <selector> <text> [--delay ms]	Type text character by character
press	press <ws> <selector> <key>	Press a keyboard key (Enter, Tab, Escape, etc.)
select	select <ws> <selector> <label>	Select a dropdown option by label text
screenshot	screenshot <ws> <path>	Take a screenshot
snapshot	snapshot <ws>	Get interactive DOM elements
info	info <ws>	Get current page URL and title

Selector patterns -- use the most specific one available:

Pattern	Example	When to Use
By ID	#submit-btn	Element has a unique ID
By test ID	[data-testid="login-btn"]	Element has a data-testid attribute
By name	input[name="email"]	Form input with name attribute
By placeholder	input[placeholder="Enter email"]	Input with placeholder text
Button by text	button:has-text('Submit')	Button with visible text
Link by text	a:has-text('Learn more')	Link with visible text
By label	label:has-text('Email') >> input	Input associated with a label
By role	[role="button"]:has-text('OK')	Element with ARIA role
Nth element	button >> nth=0	When multiple matches exist

Prefer specific selectors in this order: ID > data-testid > name > placeholder > text content > tag + position.

8e. Execute the Action

node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" <command> "$WS" "<selector>" ["<value>"]

All commands return JSON. Check the output:

• {"ok": true} -- action succeeded
• {"ok": false, "error": "..."} -- action failed

8f. Handle Failures (Self-Healing)

If the action fails ("ok": false):

1. Take a fresh screenshot and read it
2. Get a new DOM snapshot
3. Reason about what went wrong -- wrong selector? Element not visible? Page not fully loaded?
4. Try a different selector or approach
5. Allow up to 2 retries per step

If all retries fail, mark the step as FAILED and continue to the next step.

8g. Confirm Success

After a successful action:

node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" screenshot "$WS" "$WORKDIR/step-N-after.png"

Read the after-screenshot to confirm the action had the expected effect (e.g., page changed, input was filled, modal appeared).

8h. Track Results

For each step, record:

• Step number and instruction
• Action taken (command + selector + value)
• Duration (note the time before and after)
• Result: PASS or FAIL
• Error message if failed

Handling Special Step Types

"Wait for..." steps (e.g., "Wait for the dashboard to load"):

1. Take a screenshot and read it
2. Check if the condition is met
3. If not, wait 3 seconds and repeat
4. Timeout after 30 seconds
5. Mark as FAIL if condition is never met

"Verify..." / "Check..." / "Confirm..." steps (e.g., "Verify the welcome message appears"):

1. Take a screenshot and read it
2. Optionally get a DOM snapshot
3. Evaluate whether the assertion is true based on what you see
4. No browser action needed -- this is observation only
5. Mark as PASS if the condition is visible, FAIL otherwise

"Scroll..." steps:

1. Use press with the PageDown or PageUp key on body:

   node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" press "$WS" "body" "PageDown"
   

"Go to..." / "Navigate to..." steps:

1. Use the goto command with the URL

"Select..." from dropdown steps:

1. Use the select command with the dropdown selector and the option label

Step 9: Validate Expected Outcome

If the parsed script has an expected field:

1. Take a final screenshot:

   node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" screenshot "$WS" "$WORKDIR/final.png"
   

2. Read it with the Read tool
3. Optionally get page info:

   node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" info "$WS"
   

4. Compare what you see against the expected text
5. Determine verdict: PASS if the expected outcome is satisfied, FAIL if not
6. Write a brief explanation of your reasoning

Step 10: Generate Outputs (if generate section present)

Check the parsed script's generate object. For each enabled output, create the corresponding file. Skip this step entirely if generate is missing or all values are false.

Test Report (when testReport is true)

Create a markdown file $WORKDIR/test-report.md with:

# Test Report: <script name or target URL>

**Date:** <current date>
**Target:** <URL>
**Verdict:** PASS ✅ / FAIL ❌
**Duration:** <total>

## Summary

<brief description of what was tested and the outcome>

## Step Results

| # | Step | Result | Duration | Details |
|---|------|--------|----------|---------|
| 1 | Click "Get Started" | ✅ Pass | 2.1s | Clicked button successfully |
| 2 | Enter email | ✅ Pass | 1.8s | Filled email field |
...

## Validation

**Expected:** <from script>
**Observed:** <what Claude saw in final screenshot>
**Verdict:** <PASS/FAIL with reasoning>

## Screenshots

### Step 1: Click "Get Started"
![step-1](<path or URL>)
...

Save to $WORKDIR/test-report.md and print the path.

Step-by-Step Documentation (when documentation is true)

Create a user-guide style document $WORKDIR/documentation.md:

# <App Name/Flow Name> — Step-by-Step Guide

<Context from script, or a generated intro>

## Step 1: <Human-friendly title>

<Description of what the user should do, written for an end-user audience — not the raw test instruction>

![step-1](<screenshot path>)

## Step 2: <Title>
...

## Result

<What the user should see at the end>

This should be written in a helpful, clear tone — suitable for help documentation or onboarding guides. Use the step screenshots as illustrations.

Save to $WORKDIR/documentation.md and print the path.

Bug Report (when bugReport is true AND any step failed)

Only generate if there were actual failures. Create $WORKDIR/bug-report.md:

# Bug Report: <brief description of failure>

**Date:** <current date>
**URL:** <target URL>
**Browser:** <browser from target>
**Viewport:** <viewport>

## Summary

<One paragraph describing the bug>

## Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to <URL>
2. <step that worked>
3. <step that worked>
4. <step that FAILED> ← **fails here**

## Expected Behavior

<From the Expected section of the script>

## Actual Behavior

<What Claude observed at the point of failure>

## Screenshots

### Before failure (Step N)
![before](<path>)

### At failure (Step N)
![after](<path>)

## Environment

- Browser: <browser>
- Viewport: <viewport>
- Date: <date>

Save to $WORKDIR/bug-report.md and print the path.

If the source was a GitHub issue, also offer: "Would you like me to create a sub-issue with this bug report?"

Step 11: GitHub Integration (when source is --issue)

Only execute this step if the script was fetched via --issue. Skip entirely for file-based runs.

After all steps are executed and validation is complete, upload screenshots and post a structured results comment on the GitHub issue.

11a. Determine Repo

Use the --repo flag if provided. Otherwise, detect it:

REPO=$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner)

11b. Upload Screenshots to GitHub Release

1. Check if the veriagent-assets release exists:

   gh release view veriagent-assets --repo "$REPO" 2>/dev/null
   

2. If it doesn't exist, create it:

   gh release create veriagent-assets --repo "$REPO" --title "VeriAgent Assets" --notes "Screenshot storage for execute skill results. Do not delete." --latest=false
   

3. Generate a unique run ID for this execution:

   RUN_ID=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-$(head -c 4 /dev/urandom | xxd -p)
   

   This produces something like 20260409-143052-a1b2c3d4 — unique per run.

4. For each step screenshot, copy with the run ID prefix then upload:

   # Copy with unique name (gh upload uses the filename as-is)
   cp "$WORKDIR/step-1-after.png" "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-step-1.png"
   gh release upload veriagent-assets "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-step-1.png" --repo "$REPO"
   
   cp "$WORKDIR/step-2-after.png" "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-step-2.png"
   gh release upload veriagent-assets "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-step-2.png" --repo "$REPO"
   # ... repeat for each step screenshot that exists
   

   The download URL for each screenshot will be: https://github.com/<repo>/releases/download/veriagent-assets/<RUN_ID>-step-N.png

   Also upload the final validation screenshot if it exists:

   cp "$WORKDIR/final.png" "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-final.png"
   gh release upload veriagent-assets "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-final.png" --repo "$REPO"
   

11c. Post Results Comment

Build a structured markdown comment and post it to the issue:

gh issue comment <number> --repo "$REPO" --body "<markdown>"

The comment body should follow this format:

## VeriAgent Results

**Status:** PASS / FAIL
**Duration:** <total time>
**Steps:** <passed>/<total> passed

| Step | Instruction | Result | Duration |
|------|-------------|--------|----------|
| 1 | Click "Get Started" | PASS | 2.1s |
| 2 | Enter email | PASS | 1.8s |
| 3 | Click "Create Account" | FAIL | 3.2s |
| 4 | Wait for dashboard | Skipped | -- |

<details>
<summary>Step 1: Click "Get Started"</summary>

![step-1](https://github.com/<repo>/releases/download/veriagent-assets/<RUN_ID>-step-1.png)
</details>

<details>
<summary>Step 2: Enter email</summary>

![step-2](https://github.com/<repo>/releases/download/veriagent-assets/<RUN_ID>-step-2.png)
</details>

### Validation
**Expected:** <expected outcome from script>
**Actual:** <what you observed>
**Verdict:** PASS / FAIL

### Recording
[Download test recording](https://github.com/<repo>/releases/download/veriagent-assets/<RUN_ID>-recording.webm)

Omit the Validation section if the script had no expected field. Omit screenshot details sections for steps where no screenshot was captured. Omit the Recording section if --record was not used.

11d. Error Handling for GitHub Integration

• gh CLI not authenticated: Print "GitHub CLI not authenticated. Run gh auth login to enable issue integration." and skip the entire GitHub integration step. Still proceed to cleanup and report.
• Screenshot upload fails: Continue without images. In the comment, note "(screenshot upload failed)" instead of embedding the image.
• Comment posting fails: Print a warning but do not fail the overall run. The results will still be reported in the conversation output (Step 13).
• Issue doesn't contain a valid script format: This would have been caught in Step 5 (parse). No special handling needed here.

Step 12: Cleanup

Always clean up, even if steps failed:

CLOSE_RESULT=$(node "$SKILL_DIR/driver.mjs" close "$WS")
kill $LAUNCH_PID 2>/dev/null

If recording was enabled, the close command returns { "ok": true, "videoPath": "/path/to/recording.webm" }. Save the video path for the report.

If source was --issue and a video was recorded, upload it to the release:

cp "$VIDEO_PATH" "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-recording.webm"
gh release upload veriagent-assets "$WORKDIR/$RUN_ID-recording.webm" --repo "$REPO"

Then clean up temp files:

rm -rf "$WORKDIR"

Step 13: Report Results

Print a structured summary to the conversation:

━━━ VeriAgent Results ━━━
Script: <script name or path>
Target: <url>
Duration: <total time>
Verdict: PASS | FAIL

Step 1: <instruction> -- PASS (1.2s)
  Action: click "button:has-text('Sign In')"

Step 2: <instruction> -- PASS (0.8s)
  Action: fill "input[name='email']" "[email protected]"

Step 3: <instruction> -- FAIL (3.1s)
  Action: click "#submit-btn"
  Error: Element not found, retried with "button:has-text('Submit')" -- also failed

Steps: 2/3 passed
Expected: "User sees the dashboard"
Actual: Login form still visible -- submit button not found
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Important Principles

1. You ARE the AI. There are no external AI calls. You see screenshots with your vision and decide what actions to take.
2. Screenshot first, act second. Always take and read a screenshot before deciding on an action. The visual state of the page is your primary input.
3. DOM snapshot is your backup. When the screenshot is ambiguous or you need exact selectors, use the snapshot command to see all interactive elements and their attributes.
4. Self-healing is natural. When an action fails, you see the error and a fresh screenshot. Reason about what went wrong and try a different approach. This is not a special mode -- it is just how you operate.
5. Be specific with selectors. Generic selectors like button or input will match multiple elements. Always use the most specific selector available.
6. Keep going on failure. If a step fails after retries, log it and move to the next step. Do not abort the entire run unless the browser itself is broken.
7. Clean up always. The browser must be closed and temp files removed, even on errors. Wrap the execution in a try/finally mindset.